Popular Names in the United States

Information from the Social Security Administration. Different spellings of similar names are not combined.
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Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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John		 5.42% 0
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William		 4.36% 0
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James		 3.96% 0
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Robert		 3.44% +2
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Joseph		 2.58% +2
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George		 2.54% -2
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Charles		 2.50% -2
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Edward		 1.81% +1
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Frank		 1.67% -1
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Thomas		 1.32% 0
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Walter		 1.28% +1
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Harold		 1.15% +7
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Henry		 1.15% -2
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Paul		 1.13% +6
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Richard		 1.07% +7
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Raymond		 1.03% +5
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Albert		 0.98% -1
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Arthur		 0.97% -3
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Harry		 0.95% -6
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Donald		 0.82% +32
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Ralph		 0.76% +6
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Louis		 0.73% +3
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Jack		 0.71% +6
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Clarence		 0.71% -7
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Carl		 0.70% +1
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Mary		 5.62% 0
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Helen		 2.92% 0
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Dorothy		 2.44% +4
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Margaret		 2.22% -1
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Ruth		 2.04% 0
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Mildred		 1.46% +4
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Anna		 1.40% -3
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Elizabeth		 1.37% -2
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Frances		 1.24% +7
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Virginia		 1.11% +43
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Marie		 1.08% -3
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Evelyn		 1.08% +26
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Alice		 1.01% -2
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Florence		 0.96% -5
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Lillian		 0.89% -2
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Rose		 0.88% +1
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Irene		 0.81% +8
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Louise		 0.80% +9
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Edna		 0.79% -4
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Catherine		 0.77% +8
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Gladys		 0.77% -7
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Ethel		 0.75% -10
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Josephine		 0.72% +14
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Ruby		 0.71% +18
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Martha		 0.70% +4
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